Robert Benson Dies In Butte
Robert L. Benson 33 of Big Timber died Friday at 8 p m in Memorial hospital Butte suspected typhoid fever autopsy pending Benson had been a hospital patient three times in the last month Funeral services were Tuesday at 2 pm from Franzen chapel Livingston Rev Gordon Dalton officiated with Dorothy Baumgart Leona Orleman singing Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens Bozeman pallbearers were William Crowly Neldy Fievet John Cassidy Arthur Ayers Livingston Gene France Gold Creek William Burk Deer Lodge Military honors granted at the graveside He was born Sept 1 1923 in Tacoma Wash spent early years in Big Timber married Virginia Nelson Aug 30 1948 formerly employed by the Anaconda Co Butte a former blacksmith apprentice at N P shops Livingston World War II and Korean war veteran Survived by widow mother four children Rita 8 Ronnie 7 William 4 Paul 7 months father C W Benson Brady brother William Benson Big Timber and several aunts and cousins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Benson
Paul Fischer
Big Timber
Memorial Hospital
Butte
Benson
Franzen Chapel
Livingston
Gordon Dalton
First Baptist Church
Dorothy Baumgart
Leona Orleman
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Bozeman
William Crowly
Neldy Fievet
John Cassidy
Arthur Ayers
Gene France
Gold Creek
William Burk
Deer Lodge
Mr. Benson
Tacoma
Wash
Virginia Nelson
Anaconda Co
N. P
Rita
Ronnie
William
Paul
C. W. Benson
Brady
William Benson
Aronson Declares No Concessions to Prison Rioters
Governor J Hugo Aronson said he made no concessions to rioting inmates at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. He praised hostages' release and the swift response of the Montana National Guard, Highway Patrol, and law enforcement, while insisting the prison be run by outside citizens without coercion from inmates. He issued the statement after midnight following talks with officials at the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana
Deer Lodge
Aronson
Montana National Guard
S. H. Mitchell
Montana Highway Patrol
Alex Stephenson
Montana State Prison
Hetlands sell Big Timber hotel to Mabel Hauge
Mr and Mrs Ted Hetland have sold the Big Timber hotel to Mrs Mabel Hauge with possession today. Hauge plans to move rest home patients into the hotel with ten residents currently, and rent the upstairs rooms. The Hetlands have rented a Faw apartment. The hotel contains 27 rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Hetland
Mabel Hauge
Hetlands
Faw
Gordon Promoted In Forest Service
William W. Gordon, longtime Big Timber ranger now in charge of Belt Creek district near Neihart, is promoted to head recreation plans and improvements on the Gallatin national forest staff. His Bozeman HQ follows a August 12 effective transfer, after a career from 1941 as a lookout guard in Oregon to posts in Big Timber and Neihart and a 1946 return from military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Gordon
Big Timber
Belt Creek
Neihart
Gallatin National Forest
John A. Fallman
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Bozeman
University of Washington
College of Forestry
Forest Service
Oregon
Gordons
Bill
Fourth Ave
Vanderhoef attends father's funeral in Sidney
A. E. Vanderhoef attends funeral services for his father Murray C. Vanderhoef 89 in Sidney. Burial followed at Sidney cemetery. Murray born February 24 1868 in Lowell Michigan and died in a Sidney hospital after five weeks as a patient. He was a retired farmer and lived with the Vanderhoefs last winter. He moved from Cartwright North Dakota to Sidney in 1937 and was a Nazarene Church member. Surviving are three daughters two sons ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Vanderhoef
Sidney
Murray C. Vanderhoef
Vanderhoef
Vanderhoefs
Martin Gale
Church of the Nazarene
Mr. Vanderhoef
Lowell
Mic
Cartwright
Oien School
Nazarene Church
Ada Varner
Nettie Olsen
Vernon Heil
Havre
Big Timber
Edward Vanderhoef
Milton
Wash
Health Service Links Cigarettes to Lung Cancer in New Drive
The U S Public Health Service issued its strongest statement yet linking heavy prolonged smoking to lung cancer and urged wider distribution of findings. A House subcommittee will hold hearings on whether cigarette filters offer real protection as experts dispute their effectiveness. A Denver cancer conference heard that filters do not reduce tar and may simply boost cigarette sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Service
U. S. Public Health Service
Congress
U. S
Leroy E. Burney
Tobacco Research Committee
Burney
American Medical Association
Great
Britain
Denver
Alton Ochsner
New Orleans
Amateur Rodeo Slated for Livingston August 10–11
Glen Overfelt advertising an amateur rodeo in Livingston tied to the trout derby. Entries from Big Timber welcome for a western parade Saturday at 10 30. Events include six rodeo disciplines plus a championship saddle ride off and a daily parachute jump. Stock by Brainerd Quinn Belgrade. Livingston Boosters sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Overfelt
Livingston
Big Timber
Brainerd & Quinn
Belgrade
Livingston Boosters’ Association
Barkers to Arrive Here Friday for Weekend Wedding
Rev and Mrs Barker and family from Mountain Home Idaho visit Big Timber for the wedding of Miss Vernice Matthew to Loren Christian. Mr Barker will lead Sunday worship at the Congregational church with the sermon titled The Place Where God Works. They may tour Mimanagish Friday and leave Monday afternoon staying in the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brentwood Barker
Bernes
Lee
Catherine
Big Timber
Mountain Home
Idaho
Vernice Matthew
Loren Christian
Crows Hire Krug in Yellowtail Case
The Crow Agency council approved hiring Julius A. Krug to represent the Crows if condemnation proceedings begin over the Yellowtail damsite. They also urged prosecution of cases where landowners exceedCrow Act limits and reaffirmed a demand for five million dollars for the Big Horn river site, with the Interior Department offering two and a half million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow Agency
Crow Tribal Council
Julius A. Krug
Truman
Yellowtail
U. S
Big Horn River
Montana
Interior Department
Woman with Money to Burn Sentenced to Prison
Paige Marjorie Wright, a Los Angeles book keeper, was sentenced by Superior Judge Louis H. Burke to a term of from 1 to 10 years in Corona prison after pleading guilty to grand theft from her former employer Transfer Co. Investigators valued the losses at about $20,000. Wright said she spent about $5,000 on clothes and a new car, then burned the rest to avoid suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Corona
Louis H. Burke
Paige Marjorie Wright
Stepling
It Transfer Co
Awaiting Transfer for Savchenko at Norfolk Navy Facility
Norfolk Virginia. George L Savchenko sonarman seaman and son of Mr and Mrs George P Savchenko of Auburn Washington is at the U S Naval receiving station Norfolk awaiting transfer to the USS Henley DD 762.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Va
George L. Savchenko
George P. Savchenko
Auburn, Wash
U. S. Naval Receiving Station
Many Beneficiaries in C. R. Vose Will
William H. Donald of Melville files for letters of administration in the estate of C. R. Vose. The will leaves Montana ranches and all personal property to Mrs. Donald and names several charitable gifts. Major share goes to secretary Polly Jo Evans, who died in the same plane crash, with contingencies for her relatives and a trust for the Evans heirs after their deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Donald
Melville
C. R. Vose
Vose
Montana
Vose Ranch
Cayuse Livestock Ranch
Minshhall Ranch
Donald
Explorers Club of New York
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Knud-Hansen Memorial Hospital
Virgin Islands
Betty Melcher
New York Insurance Company
Polly Jo Evans
James A. Evans
Josephine Evans
William
James Evans
Ann Williams Sedewick
New York
Evans
Benson Explains His Version of Farm Problem
Ezra Taft Benson Secretary of Agriculture outlines farm finance needs and government role for bankers at Minnesota Bankers Convention He notes Commodity Credit Corporation loans totaling 2.3 billion and 5.5 billion in commodities taken over through nonrecourse loans He stresses private enterprise should handle what it can and assures bankers they aid farmers amid drought and reversals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park County
Ezra Taft Benson
Missoula
Minnesota
Walter Judd
Secretary of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Farm Credit Administration
First Catholic Service in Big Timber by New Pastor
Fr. Chas A. Dever conducted his first service at St. Joseph's church in Big Timber succeeding Fr. Gilhooley. He has served as U S Air Force chaplain since 1944, with 20 years in England. Ordained 1938 at Great Falls Cathedral, he taught at St. Leo's Lewistown 1938 43 before St. Patrick's Billings. A reception welcomed Gilhooley prior to his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. A. Dever
John Gilhooley
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Big Timber
Fr. Dever
U. S. Air Force
England
St. Patrick’s Church
Billings
Great Falls
St. Leo’s High School
Lewistown
St. Patrick’s
Circus Day Arrives in Big Timber Tomorrow
The Carson & Barnes 3 ring wild animal circus comes to Big Timber with a 10 a m start. The show features Jimmie Connors Duo, Jackson Trio, Ruth Johnson, Neilson Sisters, Lucky DeVere, Col Woodcock and his TV elephants, Tex Moore, Blonda Ward, clowns, Goliath the 4 ton hippopotamus, Messepta the 24 foot reptile, and more. Low prices for the noon elephants downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Carson & Barnes
Jimmie Connors
Jackson
Ruth Johnson and
Goliath
Messepta
India
Lamb Production to Drop 2 Percent in Montana 1957
Montana projects a 1957 lamb crop near 1,112,000 head, about 2 percent below 1956. Breeding kept for lambing totaled 1,209,000 head, with ewe numbers down 3 percent, offset by a 1 percent rise in lambs saved per 100 ewes to 92 percent. Montana remains the fourth leading lamb state behind Texas, Wyoming, and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
U.S
Montana Agriculture Departments
Texas
Wyoming
Colorado
Sweet Grass County Attains Modified Brucellosis Free Status
Sweet Grass County progresses to modified certified brucellosis free status as 24,413 cattle tested with 157 infected cows found and five herds under quarantine. Dr. Paul Holcomb cites blood testing reach and urges caution on new replacements to prevent reintroduction of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass
Montana
Paul Holcolmb
Holcolmb
USDA
Sweet Grass County
Dr. Holcomb
Preliminary City Budget Sets 3334 Mills for Year
The city approves a preliminary budget based on last year’s taxable valuation totaling 3334 mills. Final figures and valuations will be decided August 7. Increases occur mainly in the general fund to 181% mills from 15. street stays at 10. library rises to 4 mills from 3. park drops to 2 from 4. No band levy this year. City Council will hear taxpayers at 8:00 p.m. August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted C. Busha
Library
Jaycees Keep Lead in Softball Standings
The Jaycees remain atop the league with 5 wins and 1 loss as Firemen second at 4 and 2. Lions are third, Moose and Legion tied for fourth at 1 and 4. Lions beat Jaycees 13 to 2 last Thursday. Jaycees beat Moose 23 to 12. Legion defeated Lions 7 to 3. Firemen beat Moose 22 to 7. Schedule upcoming includes Aug 1 Jaycees vs Legion and Aug 5 Lions vs Firemen, Aug 6 Moose vs Legion, Aug 8 Moose vs Lions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Firemen
Lions
Moose
Legion
Hearings to Expose Labor Racketeers
The senate rackets committee opened hearings to allege Teamster leader James R. Hoffa used gangsters to seize control of the New York port and the Eastern Seaboard. Chairman McClellan said evidence would detail schemes enriching criminals and harming union members. Mundt warned of peril to Americans and potential Communist influence aiding Hoffa’s power bid on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
James R. Hoffa
New York
Seaboard
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen
Mundt
R-S.d
Hoffa
Fes
Montana 1957 Big Game Maps and Seasons Issued
The Montana Fish and Game Department releases 1957 big game maps and regulations via licensed agents and the central office in Helena. The guides show 69 deer areas and 49 elk areas with opening dates from September 15 to October 20 and seasons ending November 24, with limits of two deer per hunter and one elk in many areas. East and west of the continental divide differ for bear seasons, with grizzly and black bear hunting aligned to deer and elk dates where applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana Fish and Game Department
Helena
Fish and Game
Continental Divide
Bob Marshall
Montana orphans to tour California by bus amid fundraising
About 200 children from the Montana State Orphans Home at Twin Bridges will take a free 10 day bus trip to California August 1 to 10. Gov. J Hugo Aronson praised the plan and said it cost about 100 per child, with Miss Nellie Avery and Col. Benjamin Brinton leading the drive. The group will visit governors in Boise Carson City and Salt Lake City and tour Disneyland meeting Bing Crosby and Roy Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Orphans Home
California
Helena
Montana
Twin Bridges
J. Hugo Aronson
Aronson
Nellie Avery
Air Force
Benjamin H. Brinton
New York Stock Exchange
Ennis
Virginia
Miss Avery
Brinton
Montana Board of Education
Forrest H. Anderson
Harriet E. Miller
Richard Little
Sumner Gerard
Little
Boise
Idaho
Robert Smylie
U. S
Herman Welker
Reno
Carson City
Nevada
Charles Russell
Goodwin Knight
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Clyde
Disneyland
Bing Crosby
Roy Rogers
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Robert Benson
Ihetlands
Gordon
Father
William Refsland
Ruth Marilyn
Jerald J. Kirkpatrick
C. F. Kirkpatrick
Wolf Poin
Big Timber Lutheran Church
Barkers
Clere Scardigno
Dockside
New York City
Clere
Italy
Sweet Grass Co
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